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No. 383,441 Patented May 29,- 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WV. COVELL, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DETACHABLE BUTTON.

EKPECIPICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,441, dated. May29 1888.

Application filed November 11,1887. Serial No. 254,900. (No model.)

To aZZ whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. CoVELL, of the city and county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Detachable Buttons; and I do hereby declare the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,forming a part of the same, to be a description thereof.

This invention relates to that variety of but tons having a shoe hingedto the post, so that the shoe can be turned into a positionsubstantially parallel with the post to enable the button to beconveniently applied and removed, and also be turned to a positionparallel with the button-head to hold the button in place.

Theimprovement consists in certain features of construction, hereinafterdescribed and claimed, whereby the button is simplified and made lessexpensive.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show side views of asleeve-button embodying the invention, with the shoe in section and inits two positions, respectively. Fig. 3 shows a similar view to Fig. 1,but at right angles to the latter. Fig. at represents a side view of thebutton at right angles to that shown in Fig. 2, the shoe not being insection. Figs. 5 and 6 show in perspective the post and thespring-plate, respectively. Fig. 7 represents in perspective the blankfrom which the spring-plate is made.

A is the button-head, which may be of any desired form, style, andmaterial.

B is the post, which is secured at one end to the head A in anypreferred manner. The free end of the post is preferably bent to oneside, has a fulcrum or pivotal end, I), prefera bly wedge shape, and isfurnished with ears or shoulders b b, as shown in Fig. 5.

Ois the shoe of the button. This shoe is composed of only two parts-aspring-plate, D, and a shell or front, E, which is secured to the saidplate by turning the edge of the front over upon the plate in awell-known manner. The plate D is made from a blank, D, like that shownin Fig. 7. The spring-tongue d is integral with the plate, and isproduced by slitting or cutting said plate on the dotted lines d d, Fig.7, and then depressing or bending the tongue below the body portion ofthe plate, as shown in Fig. 6, thereby producing a slot,

d, which is intended to be the same width as that portion of thepostimmediately above the ears b. In order to form a fulcrum for thepivotal end I) of the post, the spring-tongue d is bent at (1, Figs. 1,2, and 5.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the pivotal end b ofthc post rests in thebend d, and the ears b b 0n the post engage the under side of theplate-body D, outlying the slot 62 as shown in Fig. 3, the pivotal endof the post being confined and held in the bend d of the springtongue,and the ears I) being held in contact with the under side of the plate Dby the resiliency of the spring-tongue in all positions the shoe assumesand during the movements of the shoe.

In combining the parts the pivotal end b of the post is placed upon theupper side of the spring-tongue d, and said tongue is depressed untilthe ears b b can pass under the body of the plate D between it and thetongue. The post is then slid upon the tongue (1 into the slot 61 untilthe pivotal end I) of the post rests in the bend d of the spring-tongue.The shell or shoe-front E is then secured to the plate D in the usualmanner, and the post is secured to the button-head, thereby completingthe ar ticle.

Although it is not essential, yet Iprefer that the springtongue (1should project beyond the perimeter of the plate D, as shown in Fig. 6,in order that the tongue may be the more readily engaged by the post endto depress the tongue that the post may pass into the slot (1 \Vhat Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The button herein described,composed of a head, an attached posthaving its free end bent to one side and furnished with shoulders orears I), and a shoe consisting of a plate, D, having a spring-tongue, d,integral therewith, depressed below the plate-body, thereby allowing thesaid ears to pass between the tongue and plate-body, and having a bend,d which forms a fulcrum in which the end of the post rests, and acovering shell or front attached to the plate, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination, with the post having its free end bent to one sideand furnished with shoulders or ears I), of a shoe composed of a plate,D, having a spring-tongue, d, integral therewith and bent at d, andhaving a slot, d

which is produced by depressing the tongue bebody, is bent at d, andextends beyond the pelow the platebody, in which slot the post playsrimeter of the plate, said plate being adapted or swings, and a coveringshell or front seto combine with a post such as described, subcuredtosaid plate, the freeend ofthe postreststant-ially as set forth, and forthe purposes 5 ing in the bend cl as a fulcrum, and the shoulspecified.

ders or ears I), engaging the under side of the plate D, substantiallyas set forth. VILLIAM GOVELL' 3. The plate D, having aportion, d, cut or\Vitnesses: slit therefrom, forming an integral spring- EDSON SALISBURYJONES, r0 tongue, which is depressed below the plate GEO. M. OADY.

